Container ships Building a new container vessel is a major investment and the decisions taken at the early design phase will define the loading capacity throughout the vessel’s lifetime. Optimisation of the loading capacity by advanced cargo system design can lead to increased earnings. An efficient container stowage solution can only be achieved by treating the ship’s hull and its cargo handling system as a single optimised entity, not as separate blocks. Consequently, parts of the container stowage system should be considered from an overall container stowage solution point of view, not as separate products. MacGregor is unique as the only supplier who can design and deliver all parts of the system for you. This enables us to take a whole-ship approach to make the most of each ship’s container stowage system. Before the final design is fixed we perform a full scale mock-up test to verify the performance of the lashing system. We also consider elements, such as the locations of hand rails and other structures that might interfere with lashing equipment. When everything is designed, tested, manufactured and approved, all relevant documentation is made
available in the cargo securing manual needed on board for the vessel’s maiden voyage. We can be your consultant from when the earliest ideas for your new vessel are conceived, your design expert during the project through to delivery, and your service partner throughout the vessel’s lifetime. We offer manufacturing at our carefully chosen partner plants. Our offering for container ships: • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Lift-away hatch covers Lashing bridges Container fittings on deck Loose container fittings Lashmate lashing software Container stanchions Cell guides in hold GL cargo cranes GLE cargo cranes LC cargo cranes Steering gear Compressors Deck machinery
The best container stowage solutions are built around their intended cargo MacGregor’s PlusPartner concept takes a new approach to container ship’s cargo system design. We start from the ship’s payload carrying ability and start the cargo system design from the ship’s anticipated cargo profile. Specifying the cargo system at a very early stage, before any restrictive decisions regarding e.g. the ship’s hull have been made, yields a ship capable of carrying its actual maximum payload. It also minimises the number of changes later on in the construction process. Built-in efficiency: “The more efficient the container stowage solution is, the greater the number of TEUs a ship can carry, which, in turn, reduces the cost and emissions per carried TEU and subsequently per transported commodity, and at the same time increases the ship’s profitability and income.” Read more on our webpage www.macgregor.com/merhant ships/ container ships/PlusPartner